Review: In the Ballroom with a Candlestick - Book #3 Clue Mystery Series - Diana Peterfreund - November 2021 Have you ever been excited about a book as you have loved the previous ones and then the last book falls flat on its face and is a letdown? That is how I felt with In The Ballroom with a Candlestick. I had enjoyed the previous two books but this one just made me hate all the characters, there wasn't a single one I liked. From Oliver Green who still doesn't know technically if he is Oliver as he could be Vaughn - the brother that supposedly died, to Scarlett who has this massive ego about helping everyone but then when she doesn't get her way, she throws a tantrum and takes extreme action, Orchid who killed a man in Book #2 and feels guilt but still acts with a poor me attitude. It's like look you are wealthy and you got away with murder, what's there to be sad about besides of course Vaughn's death? Mustard who is in the closet but acts like he doesn...

Review: In the Study with a Wrench - Book #2 Clue Mystery Series - Diana Peterfreund - October 2020 After reading the first book in this series and enjoying it, I knew I wanted more, and lucky for me the author has written three books in the Clue Series so far. In Book #2 In the Study with a Wrench, some of the students have left the school and others stayed behind. The ones who stayed behind include our "Murder Crew" from the first book. We have Scarlet and Orchid who have become fast friends, especially since Scarlet knows Orchid's true identity, Finn and Mustard who we see in a different light in this book - hint a bit of M/M action, Beth who is trying to become a better person overall but falls sucker to a life coach and Vaughn/Oliver Green who are still trying to juggle the identical twin act but it's a bit harder now since Orchid has fallen in love with Vaughn but doesn't know about Oliver. In Book #2 the secret tunnels have been sealed off and the group n...

Review: In the Hall with the Knife - Book #1 A Clue Mystery - Diana Peterfreund - October 2019 This YA Thriller has been sitting on my kindle for years as I loved the idea of the teen book being based around the Clue murder mystery game. It has always been one of my favorite board games. The setting is a YA elite boarding school aka Blackbrook Academy and each of the students is named after the famous Clue Characters from Mrs. White - the school matron, Samuel Maestro aka Mustard, Vaughn Green, Beth Picach aka Peacock, Orchid Violet, Scarlet Mistry, and Finn Plum. During the novel there is a bad storm, most of the students have headed home but the ones above are remaining at the boarding school. During the night, the students find the headmaster stabbed. It looks like he has been murdered, but with only the students remaining at the school and with no one able to get in and no one able to leave, this means that one or more of the remaining Clue mystery people are the killer. This was...